Georgia General Assembly

“ Corporations are artificial persons. They are creatures of the law and, except insofar as the law forbids it, they are subject to be changed, modified, or destroyed at the will of their creator.
(d) Unless otherwise provided by law, any natural person, including an unborn child with a detectable human heartbeat, shall be included in population based determinations. ”

“ To protect the fundamental rights of all persons, and specifically to protect the fundamental rights of particular classes of persons who had not previously been recognized under law, the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, providing that, ‘nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ”

“ As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) “Detectable human heartbeat” means embryonic or fetal cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the heart within the gestational sac. (2) “Unborn child” means a member of the species Homo sapiens at any stage of development who is carried in the womb. ”

“ Corporation of this state cannot be dissolved by act of Congress. Holland v. Heyman & Bro., 60 Ga. 174 (1878) .
Where power reserved, corporations may be authorized to merge or consolidate.—Where the reserved power existed at the time of their creation, the General Assembly may authorize preexisting corporations to merge or consolidate upon the affirmative vote of less than all of the stockholders. Barnett v. D. O. Martin Co., 191 Ga. 11, 11 S. E. 2d 210 (1940) .
Section is broader than former Code 1910, § 2239, which pertains to withdrawal of franchise. Central R. R. & Banking Co. ”

“ Modern medical science, not available decades ago, demonstrates that unborn children are a class of living, distinct persons and more expansive state recognition of unborn children as persons did not exist when Planned Parenthood v. ”